Blue take the first Newman Shield

The first Newman Shield was played on Thursday 30 July at the Al Garaffa Sports Dome, and Blue came out on top.

Paul's photograph stood on the trophy table all afternoon, which is the whole point of the thing. Five sections turned out, played hard, and went home friendlier than they arrived.

Final standings

• 1st - Blue · 10 points
• 2nd - Red · 7 points
• 3rd - Keyboard Athletico · 5 points
• 4th - Gold · 2 points
• 5th - Silver · 2 points

Those points are already on the scoreboard.

Photographs from the day

Fourteen pictures are up on the event page - the football, the trophy table and the whole squad together at the end. Sign in to see them: they are for members of the Cup rather than the open internet.

Next up: the August Step Challenge

The Beat Piers Challenge is running right now - every step from 1 to 31 August counts, everyone who takes part scores, and you report your total once at the start of September. Sign up on the Beat Piers page if you have not already.